10:00
If Mir can hold onto a top two spot in Q1, it will be his best qualifying by some margin all year.
His best in 2024 is 17th, while his best qualifying with Honda was when he was fifth last year in India.
Maverick Vinales, Aprilia Racing Team, Emilia Romagna MotoGP 2024
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Emilia Romagna MotoGP: Sprint as it happened
Text coverage of qualifying and the sprint for the 2024 MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as it happened.
Jorge Martin looks to extend a seven-point lead in the MotoGP standings with back-to-back Misano sprint victories on Saturday at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The Pramac rider led every lap of the San Marino GP sprint despite starting from fourth on the grid, but will have his work cut out for him this time around after Francesco Bagnaia dominated to take pole earlier on Saturday at the Emilia Romagna GP.
The factory Ducati team rider the strongest on long run pace on Friday - though Martin was very closely matched as a duel between the pair this weekend is brewing.
Marc Marquez has the momentum of back-to-back grand prix wins coming into the Emilia Romagna GP and is looking to slash a 53-point championship deficit, but a crash in qualifying has left him with work to do from seventh.
The sprint begins at 2pm BST.
21 Sep 2024
09:58
Alex Marquez has made it back to his Gresini garage.
09:58
Oliveira has a 0.112s gap in hand over Mir and a pretty big 0.381s advantage over A.Fernandez in third.
09:57
Your order after the first runs is:
- Oliveira
- Mir
- A.Fernandez
- Di Giannantonio
- R.Fernandez
- Zarco
- Miller
- Marini
- Binder
- Nakagami
- A.Marquez
09:56
Incident
Alex Marquez has crashed at Turn 1 again with nine minutes left in Q1.
09:55
Big improvements for Oliveira and Mir at the top of the order. 1m31.341s from Oliveira and 1m31.453s from Mir, who is shadowing the Trackhouse rider on this run.
09:54
First laps on the board and Oliveira leads with a 1m31.920s, with Mir second.
09:53
Rins out
Alex Rins will sit out this Q1 session. Seems like his physical condition isn't great.
09:50
green light - q1
Pitlane is open for the first 15-minute segment of qualifying!
09:49
Obviously, conditions are different compared to two weeks ago.
But, for reference, the top two lap times in Q1 at the San Marino GP were 1m30.903s and 1m30.908s.
09:46
q1 group
Ahead of the first segment of qualifying, this is who will be fighting for a place in Q2:
- Miller
- Zarco
- Di Giannantonio
- A.Marquez
- Binder
- Oliveira
- R.Fernandez
- Marini
- Mir
- A.Fernandez
- Nakagami
- Rins
09:41
Chequered flag
Pedro Acosta has just taken over top spot with a 1m31.451s, and is running the 'Batman' wings on the rear of his KTM.
09:38
Doesn't look like Marquez has done too much damage to that bike and there is a bit of time for his Gresini team to get it fixed for Q2.
09:37
Incident
Marc Marquez has crashed in the closing moments of FP2. He's down at Turn 14 but is ok.
09:37
Fabio Quartararo has shot to the top of the order now with a 1m31.455s. He has been on great form this weekend so far.
09:35
Bagnaia is back on top at Misano with a 1m31.472s. Seems like he's been trying a few set-up ideas this morning.
09:26
15 minutes to go in FP2 and the top 10 is:
- M.Marquez
- Martin
- Quartararo
- Acosta
- Morbidelli
- Bastianini
- R.Fernandez
- Binder
- Bezzecchi
- A.Marquez
09:19
After 10 minutes of running, Marc Marquez is fastest with a 1m31.490s.
09:19
Scary moment for Miller at Turn 13 as he runs onto the gravel at speed, but quite brilliantly used his motocross skills to keep the KTM upright. 10/10 for style.
09:16
Bike fairing looks they've been around the Isle of Man this morning! Lots of insects around this morning at Misano.
09:15
Despite the fact he is leaving KTM at the end of the year, Jack Miller is testing the new aero fairing that Pedro Acosta tried on Friday.
09:10
FP2 - Green light
Pitlane has opened for the final 30-minute practice of the weekend.
09:09
Conditions are a bit colder this morning, which a few riders warned could make qualifying very tricky.
09:05
Rins back
After missing Friday practice due to illness, Yamaha has confirmed that Alex Rins will ride this morning at Misano.
